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no_hypocrisy

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30. It just got worse: a letter to me outlining why I was terminated.
Fri Nov 4, 2016, 10:00 AM
Nov 2016

All lies, defamatory statements. I've corrected the record and the lies still are presented as truth.

Four instances of sleeping in the classroom, twice in a special education class. I do NOT sleep once I'm awake, no narcolepsy, etc. How do you prove you WEREN'T ASLEEP???

I did not stand up when elementary students entered a room and did not take attendance (because the Paraprofessional offered to do it).

I had "difficulty" handing out Advanced Placement letters to a high school class (because 2-3 of the students were ABSENT that day).

I couldn't get 18 out of 36 students to do the classwork assigned and that demonstrated poor management of the class. (They weren't out of their desks, throwing stuff, outrageous. Just passive-aggressive attitudes. Ironically I reported it to the teacher so she could know what happened that day she was out.)

And in reference to my original post, "a student disappeared from your classroom and was not immediately noticed." Two minutes is pretty close to immediate.

This letter makes me look not just incompetent but deplorable, someone who should not be allowed near children of any age.

school rules are becoming ridiculous. demigoddess Nov 2016 #1
Does this totally end your substitute teacher career? PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2016 #2
Love you guys. no_hypocrisy Nov 2016 #5
That so totally sucks. So totally wrong. JonathanRackham Nov 2016 #6
Sorry to hear that. Jim__ Nov 2016 #7
I don't like how punitive our society is. LisaM Nov 2016 #8
Unfuckingbelievable! And very very unjust. 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2016 #9
Wow. (nt) ghostsinthemachine Nov 2016 #10
My wife lost her Head Start job for the same reason LastLiberal in PalmSprings Nov 2016 #11
Teaching: Great Job, Terrible Career Ka hrnt Nov 2016 #12
So sorry you have to pay for a terrible administrative rule. sinkingfeeling Nov 2016 #13
(((hugs))) Starry Messenger Nov 2016 #14
Dont pay tuition? ErikJ Nov 2016 #15
Subs are treated like crap by everyone. Feeling the Bern Nov 2016 #17
And this news from Michigan elmac Nov 2016 #18
I have a teacher friend who retired a couple of years ago and was substituting in Fairfax County, VA mnhtnbb Nov 2016 #19
Fight it Warpy Nov 2016 #23
I'd love to fight it but I'd be fighting both my contractor and the school district. no_hypocrisy Nov 2016 #24
Update: My friend and compatriot substitute teacher advised me. no_hypocrisy Nov 2016 #25
Good advice Freddie Nov 2016 #27
Retired teacher here.. apcalc Nov 2016 #26
Interesting to hear this....I have a story as well. vi5 Nov 2016 #28
That's Awful DarthDem Nov 2016 #29
It just got worse: a letter to me outlining why I was terminated. no_hypocrisy Nov 2016 #30
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